South Africa

Strawberry crinkle cytorhabdovirus 5 (2)

Strawberry crinkle cytorhabdovirus, commonly called Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV), is a negative sense single stranded RNA virus that threatens strawberry production worldwide. This virus reduces plant rigidity, runner production, fruit size, and production, while causing distortion and crinkling of the leaves. This virus was first described in 1932 in Oregon and California with commercial strawberry […]

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Howard Wolpe 5 (1)

Howard Eliot Wolpe was a seven-term United States Representative from Michigan and the Clinton Administration’s Presidential Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region, where he led the US delegation to the Arusha and Lusaka peace talks aimed at ending civil wars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He rejoined the State

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Van Stadens Wind Farm 4.5 (2)

Construction on Van Stadens Wind Farm outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, was started in September 2012. The South African renewable energy company, MetroWind, is proceeding with the R550-million project which will provide power to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. The company will construct nine 3-megawatt wind turbines, boosting the local electricity grid, accounting for nearly half the 10 percent renewable energy

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Elon Musk 4.8 (46)

Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a prominent technology entrepreneur, engineer, and investor known for founding, co-founding, and leading several high-profile companies in aerospace, electric vehicles, energy, and artificial intelligence. He is the CEO and lead designer of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc., and has co-founded ventures such as Neuralink, The

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